Biggest Lesson-the Campaign for Education sets
world record
[April
28] JOHANNESBURG, South Africa--The world record for the largest
simultaneous lesson in history has been broken already: more
than 7.5 million children, adults, teachers and campaigners
took part in the Global
Campaign for Education
’s “World’s Biggest Lesson”
.
Photo Caption: New Jersey Student Fay
Gan Cole Joins Shakira and Congressional Leaders in Washington,
DC on April 22 for Global Campaign for Education Action Week./
Photo Credit: Paul Morigi
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The World’s Biggest Lesson focused on providing a quality
basic education to everyone especially the 72 million children
and 774 million adults who are currently missing out. All
over the world Politicians and Ministers went back to school,
were taught the lesson by children before being asked what
they planned to do to make sure everyone gets a quality education.
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Celebrities,
Heads of States, and Officials took part in the lesson across
the world, with the highest profile being Colombian singer
and Grammy award winner, Shakira. She sought international
attention as Honourary Chair of Global Action Week, both on
a media call with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and World
Bank President Robert Zoellick, and as she lobbied Congress
with students in Washington.
“I find it so inspiring that there are
so many young people who care so deeply about the rights of
all children to go to school that they would bring about this
global movement,”
said Shakira.
Amongst the impressive list of others to take
part in the World’s
Biggest Lesson
“The most promising reason to believe that the
world will achieve its goals of Education for All by 2015
has been the emergence of strong civil society movement and
this mobilization of millions of children, women and men during
the Global Action Weeks each year,” noted Kailash Satyarthi,
GCE President. “We will not fall silent until we have ensured
quality education for all.”
“One in four women in the world are illiterate.
It’s not right, and it’s not just. The Global
Campaign for Education
has been demanding an end to
this injustice since 2000,” noted Muleya Mwananyanda, GCE
Action Week Coordinator. “By having legislators and government
leaders join in the World’s Biggest Lesson, we are challenging
them to share with us what they are doing to ensure others
get educated, and have the opportunities to be sitting where
they’re sitting now.”
The World’s Biggest Lesson was the highlight
of the Global
Campaign for Education
’s (GCE)’s Action Week which
is taking place 21st – 27th April. Every year civil society
across the world takes part in this week that pressurizes
all governments to keep their promises and meet the Education
for All goals, which were signed up to by 164 governments
in Dakar in April 2000. With the phenomenal success of the
World’s Biggest Lesson, 2008 is having the biggest Action
Week since the beginning of the Global Campaign for Education
in 1999.
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